Journal ArticlesThis collection consists of published and unpublished articles of IIMK Communityhttp://dspace.iimk.ac.in:80/xmlui/handle/2259/3552024-03-28T15:41:12Z2024-03-28T15:41:12ZPayment for Ecosystem Services to Sustain Kudimaramathu in Tamil NaduBalooni, KulbhushanVekatachalam, L.http://dspace.iimk.ac.in:80/xmlui/handle/2259/9662020-12-08T17:23:16Z2018-02-10T00:00:00ZPayment for Ecosystem Services to Sustain Kudimaramathu in Tamil Nadu
Balooni, Kulbhushan; Vekatachalam, L.
The Tamil Nadu government is attempting to revive the institution of kudimaramathu by leveraging a scheme sponsored by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development to rejuvenate small waterbodies in the state. How a payment for ecosystem services system can incentivise village panchayats to engage in tank management and, in turn, ensure the sustainability and longevity of the community-based programme beyond the life of the project is explored.
The authors thank Dinesh Kumar,A Narayanamoorthy, and K Sivasubramaniyan for their valuable reviews and comments. L Venkatachalam (venkat@ mids.ac.in) teaches at the Madras Institute of Development Studies. Kulbhushan Balooni (kbalooni@ iimk.ac.in) teaches at the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode.
2018-02-10T00:00:00ZWater transfer from irrigation tanks for urban use: can payment for ecosystem services produce efficient outcomes?Balooni, KulbhushanVenkatachalam, L.http://dspace.iimk.ac.in:80/xmlui/handle/2259/9452020-12-08T17:22:37Z2017-07-03T00:00:00ZWater transfer from irrigation tanks for urban use: can payment for ecosystem services produce efficient outcomes?
Balooni, Kulbhushan; Venkatachalam, L.
Many Indian states have begun to transfer water meant for irrigation to non-agricultural purposes, but the economic and environmental consequences are not adequately understood. Transfer of water out of water bodies from rural areas not only reduces the economic welfare of the traditional water users but also reduces their incentives to manage these water bodies on a sustainable basis. The study explores the possibility of introducing the mechanism of ‘payment for ecosystem services’ at the grass-roots level in the Indian context
as a return for reallocation of water from irrigation to urban uses so that it can produce a non-zero-sum outcome for villagers, farmers, urban consumers and governments.
2017-07-03T00:00:00ZWhy Local Resources Management Institutions Decline: A Comparative Analysis of Van (Forest) Panchayats and Forest Protection Committees in IndiaBalooni, KulbhushanBallabh, Vishwa*Dave, Shibani*http://dspace.iimk.ac.in:80/xmlui/handle/2259/3762020-12-08T17:20:56Z2002-01-01T00:00:00ZWhy Local Resources Management Institutions Decline: A Comparative Analysis of Van (Forest) Panchayats and Forest Protection Committees in India
Balooni, Kulbhushan; Ballabh, Vishwa*; Dave, Shibani*
Building and nurturing institutions are most challenging tasks in any development work. In this paper an attempt has been made to understand the rise and fall of institutions involved in the management of forest resources. This has been done through comparative case studies of Van (Forest) Panchayats of Uttaranchal and Forest Protection Committees of West Bengal in India. As has been documented, Van Panchayats have been created as a response to the people s movement against forest reservation at the beginning of the 20th century. The concept of Forest Protection Committees under Joint Forest Management in India has recently emerged in response to the severe degradation of forest resources and the persistent conflicts and movements against the State. The paper goes on to explain the evolution, management systems and effectiveness of these institutions along with the issues they are confronted with in the management and protection of forest resources.
World Development Vol. 30, No. 12, pp. 2153–2167, 2002
2002-01-01T00:00:00ZTree plantation for restoration of degraded lands and greening of India: A case study of the tree growers' cooperativesBalooni, KulbhushanSingh, K.*http://dspace.iimk.ac.in:80/xmlui/handle/2259/3752020-12-08T17:22:52Z2001-01-01T00:00:00ZTree plantation for restoration of degraded lands and greening of India: A case study of the tree growers' cooperatives
Balooni, Kulbhushan; Singh, K.*
India has over 100 m ha (million hectares)of village common lands. De jure, these lands are owned by the state but defacto, they are used in common by villagers. Most of the village commons are degraded and denuded and are almost non-governmental organizations. Tree Growers' Co-operative Societies (TGCS), as an organisational innovation of relatively recent origin, have proved to be more cost-effective than other forms of organisations engaged in greening the village common in India. This paper attempts to assess the financial viabilty of tree plantations carried out by three selected TGCS and to distil lessons of their experience useful for policy purposes. The study revealed that plantations founded by the sample TGCS were financially viable and that the plantations had transformed the dissolate village commons into green wealth. The authors conclude that th TGCS have a high potential as an instrument for promoting the afforestation of India's degraded village common lands and thereb...
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